Wherever there is injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion.
Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.
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My anger is more likely to do me more harm than your wrong.
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
As I walked out the door to my freedom I knew that, if I did not leave all the anger, hatred and resentment behind, I would remain a prisoner.
There is but one thing of real value—to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.
Anybody can become angry—that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Far better it is to dare might things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they in the gray twilight that knows nor victory nor defeat.
A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.
With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide.
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
